Chinese Character 坛 Meanings and components.

Form

坛

Meaning

坛 meaning[3] in English

Platform.

Rostrum.

Altar.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 坛 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are Tu (ethnic group) (土) , and (classical) to say (云)

Its radical[1] is: 土 (tu3) which means: Tu (Ethnic Group), Surname Tu, .土tu3Tu (ethnic …

In cangjie it is written with GMMI

How to write 坛

To write坛tan2platform you should write a combination of 土tu3Tu (ethnic … , 云yun2(classical) to … arranged in a 吅 shape:

土 + 云 = 坛

坛 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 坛 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 坛, looks as follow:

坛
Pinyin:tan2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Platform . Rostrum . Altar
土
Pinyin:tu3
Meaning[3]: Tu (Ethnic Group) . Surname Tu
云
Pinyin:yun2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Classical) To Say
二
Pinyin:er4
Meaning[3]: Two . 2 . (Beijing Dialect) Stupid
厶
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 某[Mou3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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